Castles and abbeys of England in poetic and romantic lore (1915)
Schuch, Edw · Minneapolis, Minn., Press of Augsburg publishing house · leaf 232
tender thought, for beauty spare,Some sculptured capital, some carving fair;Yon ivied archway, fit for poets dream,For painters pencil, or for preachers theme! Save, for our modern hurry, rush and strifeThe needed lesson that thought, too, is life!Work is not prayer, nor dutys self divine.Unless… … FURNESS ABBEY. 229 And that still beauteous, once faith-hallowed land. Stand as a sign, monastic prophet, stand! Thee, thee the speechless, God hath stablished thee In spiritual deserts like that Syrian sand! Mans little race around thee creep and crawl, And dig, and delve, and roll their thousand…
Castles · Abbeys
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